"Players take care of themselves," Rizzo said after I called him this morning. "I've never seen a more classless, gutless chicken [bleep] act in my 30 years in baseball.

"Cole Hamels says he's old school? He's the polar opposite of old school. He's fake tough. He thinks he's going to intimidate us after hitting our 19-year rookie who's eight games into the big leagues? He doesn't know who he's dealing with."

Rizzo also told Kilgore that the commissioner's office should respond to Hamels because of "all the bounty [stuff] in professional football." We've got ourselves a Category 2 shitstorm, everyone, and it's building strength. Finally, some summer fun.